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2 Maccabees : A Critical Commentary /
"The second-century (B.C.E.) Maccabean revolt against Seleucid oppression was a watershed event in early Jewish history and Second Maccabees is an important testimony to the revolt and its aftermath. Robert Doran's commentary on 2 Maccabees explores the interplay between history and histor...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis, MN :
Fortress Press,
2012.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- The letters and the narrative
- The narrative
- The goals of the author
- The date and place of composition
- A suggested time line from 2 Maccabees
- The text
- Commentary
- 1:1-10a The first prefixed letter
- 1:10b-17 The second prefixed letter: greetings and well wishes
- 1:18-36 The second prefixed letter: the body of the letter I
- 2:1-18 The second prefixed letter: the body of the letter 2
- 2:19-32 Prologue
- 3:1-39 Heliodorus comes to the temple
- 3:40--4:6 Transition to chaos
- 4:7-22 Jason as high priest
- 4:23-50 The death of Onias
- 5:1--6:9a Antiochus assaults the temple
- 6:9b-7:42 Righteous martyrs
- 8:1-36 Judas Maccabeus leads a revolt
- 9:1-29 The end of Antiochus IV Epiphanes
- 10:1-8 The purification of the temple
- 10:9-38 Events under Antiochus V Eupator
- 11:1-38 Relations with Lysias
- Excursus The letter in 2 Maccabees 11-16-38
- 12:1-45 Battles with local commanders
- 13:1-26 Struggles with Antiochus and Lysias
- 14:1-25 Final assault on the temple: the approach of Nikanor and his treaty
- 14:26-46 Final assault on the temple: the persecution
- 15:1-36 The defeat of Nikanor
- 15:37-39 Epilogue.